requires all devices to have the same vulnerability at the interface

Tell me you don't know shit about tech without telling me you don't know shit about tech.

But, my god, Steve jobs would laugh at how easy his marketing techniques made dumb people feel smart.

Noone is saying it should be outlawed. What they are saying is that in order for a device to be considered highly repairable to an end user this type of check should be able to be turned off or not included.

You can have both though. Just add some random menu in the settings that turns bright red when using a non-certified component so security can be easily verified, but don't needlessly lock people out and charge $500 to fix a $10-50 module on a $1000 phone

Edit: Adding on to this, Ifixit isn't outlawing verification, the above example of whatever red warning is a clear way they could keep it.